Pl.end,ph. 10. GRAMINEiE. 88. Vilfa. U7 



Agrostis tcneJln, Hnffm. Germ. 3, 1 , 36 ? 

 Agiostis divaricata, Hoffm. Germ, 3, 1, 37. 

 Agrostis capillaris, Wikd. S. P. 1, 369. 

 Agiostis vulgaris tenella, Gaud. Agr. Helu, 84. 

 Agrostis vulgaris seininuda, Knapp Oram. 115. 



Fields anti meadows ; perennial ; July. 



Culm 2 feet long ; leaves slender ; panicle pyramidicalj 

 large ; peduncles rallier rough ; lociistCB pale ; style falling 

 off". 



/3. pnmila. Culms 2 in. high, in tufts; cciriopsis long, 

 covered with a dust (ustilago ?) style remaining. 



Agrostis puinila, Lin. Mant. 1,31. 



Agrostis vulgaris y, Smith Fl. Brit. 97. 



Agrostis divaricata ; var. Hoffm, Germ. 3, 1,31. 



In barren ground. 



XLVIII. 89. AGROSTIS. Theophrastus. Fiorin. 



Spat/wiles alternate, membranous, longer than the spa- 

 thellules, nearly equal or lower largest ; lower spatheliule 

 2-cut at the tip, lobes often nicked, awned below the middle ; 

 awn plaited, twisted ; upper much shorter, 2 or 4-cut, 

 toothed ; lodicule obovate, not nicked, smooth ; style short, 

 2-parted ; stigmata villous ; cariopsis free, not furrowed. 

 — Panicle branched more or less, contracted or effused. 



1. Asrostis caiiina. Dogs Jiorin. 

 Spathelles nearly equal ; tip of the outer serrate ; of the 



inner smooth ; panicle upright, spreading ; peduncles hair- 

 like, thi*ee-forked ; pedicles upright ; locustce ovate, crowded ; 

 awn twice the length of the spatheliule; culm upright. 



Agrostis caninn, Leers Herb. 21. 



Agrostis vulgaris ; var. Smith Fl. Brit. 79. 



Agrostis capillaris; var. Vill. Delph. 2,73. 



Fields; perennial; July. 



Culm 18 in. high, branchy at bottom, smooth ; stenir-leaves 

 rough; ligula truncated; panicle 3 in. long, coloured; pe- 

 duncle naked at bottom, smooth ; locustce coloured. 



2. Agrostis laxa^ Looser-panicle fiorin. 

 Spathelles nearly equal ; tip of the outer serrate, of the 



inner smooth ; panicle spreading ; peduncles hairlike, tliree- 

 forked ; pedicells spread ; locustce ovate, spread ; aivn twice 

 as longas the spathellules; culm upright. 



Agrostis vulgaris y ; var. SniiCh Fl. Brit, 80. 



Fields ; perennial ; July. 



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